Larrivee Guitar Forum

Happy New Year Everyone, :cheersI'm looking for some help/advice. I've read in various threads that the GOTOH 510's are a direct drop-in replacement for the original Larrivee tuners on a OM-05. There's a store on ebay, "petguitars" that has a set which they describe as 510 series with a vintage housing and wood buttons. They look nice but are expensive, and I want to make sure they will fit before I buy them. Does anyone have any experience with them. I'm not very knowlegeable in that area and I asked the seller and his response was "I'm not sure. It will certainly fit, but the screw may be in a different place. Check out the foot print." Any suggestions or comments? He did not provide me with the footprint for his GOTOH's but I will ask. Thanks in advance for any help. aarra

basically, the standard sized 510s (not the minis) with the screws at 45 degrees to the main housing of the tuner are the ones you want. I am still planning on getting a set for my OM-03 in the future. They look great. I think the chrome ones look better on the 05/09 series, because of the silver binding on the headstock, and the gold ones look better on the 03s. Just my opinion.

Thanks much for all of the help and the link. You are right, I can't use those tuners. Saved me a lot of aggravation and money, particularly since I have my deposit on the Forum III. Thanks again and Happy New Year. :thumbsup

510's with the screw on the side are the exact drop-in replacements and they are great tuners. I already bought a set from Stewmac for my F3. Crome for my IS/RW, also not a lot of money to buy. They are sitting here on the shelf waiting for my guitar to arrive. :bgrin:

Looked around a bit on the Stew-mac site and it looks like the 1951's, 0903's, 1955's, and 0914's all share the same body, just differnt tuner buttons. The specs for the shaft, and mounting screw look exactly the same. All of them should be direct drop-ins, with the same machine inside.

With all the recent talk about the 510's, seemed like the less expensive alternative had been forgotten. :beer

Don't know the exact date that they changed the screw hole placement on the pings. I have a Larrivee from the early 2000's, and the 510's will not drop in. I'd have to drill new screw holes, and fill in the old ones. The old style Schallers were a direct drop in for the older pings, but you cannot find them anymore. Look at the current mini's that Larrivee uses, that is what their regular tuners used to look like....same screw placement.If you want to swap out tuners on the Larrivee parlour or 12 string, you'd have to use the Schaller mini's, and not the Gotoh mini's.